Controversial trove from imperial Chinese shipwreck lands in New York

The Art Newspaper – Treasures from an ancient shipwreck, discovered off the coast of an Indonesian island, will be shown in the US for the first time. The Asia Society in New York is presenting 76 extraordinarily well-preserved objects salvaged from the wreck in the exhibition Secrets of the Sea: a Tang Shipwreck and Early Trade in Asia (7 March-4 June). Alongside photography and video documentation of the original excavation, viewers can see porcelain, precious metal vessels and the oldest examples of Chinese white and blue ceramics plumbed from the ocean’s depths. – read more